Credit Rating

Ireland's debt is highly rated by all the credit rating agencies:

Rating Agency	Long-Term	Short-Term	Outlook
DBRS	AA	n/a	Stable Trend
Fitch Ratings	AA-	F1+	Stable
Moody's	Aa2	P1	Stable
Ratings and Investment Information, Inc (R&I)	AA	a-1+	Negative
Standard & Poor's	AA	A1+	Negative

The latest reports available from the credit rating agencies are available below - click the required link:

DBRS assigns AA rating to Ireland with stable trend. Standard and Poor's Affirms Ireland's 'AA/A-1+'; Outlook Negative, December 2009. Moody's Annual Report on Ireland, September 2009. Moody's downgrades Ireland to Aa1; outlook negative. Ratings and Investment Information, Inc.,April 2009 Moody's re-affirms Ireland's AAA rating; changes outlook to negative, January 2009 Fitch Ratings, November 2009